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Gaming Acronyms - A list of words every gamer has to know!
By TheLukrie💠
With this Guide I try, together with the community, to create a database of Gaming words, phrases and Acronyms.

So if you're friend (or you) ever don't know what someone means with "GG" for example, you can look at this guide to find out.
Missed something? Write it in the comments and I'll be sure to include it.

Acronym counter: 112

So here's a List from A-Z of the most comon Gaming Acronyms:
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Category: Gameplay Basics, Secrets
Languages: English
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C 
D 
E 
F 
G 
H 
I 
J 
K 
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M 
N 
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P 
Q 
R 
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Z 
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Acronym counter: 112 Made by TheLukrie with help from 9 other users Updated 4.1 times Last Update: 04.01.2016
0–9
Acronym
Meaning
2L8
Too Late
4U
For you
A
Acronym
Meaning
Acc
Account
AFAIC
As Far As I'm Concerned
AFK
Away from Keyboard (or busy in general)
AKA
Also known as
ASAP
As soon as possible
ATM
At The Moment
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
B
Acronym
Meaning
B2K/BTK
Back To Keyboard
B2T/BTT
Back To Topic
BB
Bye, Bye
BR
Best regards
BRB
Be Right Back
BBL
Be Back Later
BTW
By The Way
BG
Bad Game
C
Acronym
Meaning
CU
See You
CUL8R
See You later
CYA
See Ya/See You Again/See You All
D
Acronym
Meaning
Dafuq
What the ♥♥♥♥
DL
Download
DND
Do Not Disturb
E
Acronym
Meaning
EOD
End Of Discussion
EOM
End of message
EOT
End Of Thread/End of Text/End of Transmission
F
Acronym
Meaning
F2F
Face to Face
F2P
Free to Play
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FFS
For ♥♥♥♥'s Sake
FU
♥♥♥♥ you
FYI
For Your Information/Interest
FML
♥♥♥♥ My Life
FTW
For the Win
G
Acronym
Meaning
G2G/GTG
(I've) Got To Go!/Gotta go!/(I) Got To Go
GF
Girlfriend
GG
Good Game
GJ
Good Job/Great Job
GL
Good Luck
GLHF
Good Luck, Have fun
GN(8)
Good Night
Grats / Gratz / GZ
Congratulations
GTFO
Get The ♥♥♥♥ Out
GGNORE
Good Game No Rematch
GGWP
Good Game Well Played
H
Acronym
Meaning
HF
Have fun
hm?
What?
I
Acronym
Meaning
IDK
I don't know
IDC
I don't care
IKR
I know, right?
IMO
In My Opinion
IRL
In Real Life
J
Acronym
Meaning
JK
Just Kidding
K
Acronym
Meaning
k/kk/kay
OK/Okay
kd
kill/death (Kill to Death Ratio)
KOS
Kill on Sight
♥♥♥
Kill Yourself
L
Acronym
Meaning
LMAO
Laughing My Ass Off
LMFAO
Laughing My ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Ass Off
L2P/LTP
Learn To Play!
LOFL
Lying on the floor Laughing
LOL
Laughing Out Loud/Lots Of Laughing
M
Acronym
Meaning
m8
mate
mk / mkay
hm okay
MOTD
Message Of The Day
MB
My Bad
N
Acronym
Meaning
N/A
Not Available
n1
Nice one
n8
Night
nc
no comment
nb/noob/n00b
Newbie
np
No Problem
NPOV
Neutral point of view
NSFW
Not safe/suitable for work
NSY
Not Seen Yet
NVM
Never mind
O
Acronym
Meaning
O RLY?
Oh really?
OMFG
Oh My ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ God
OMG
Oh My God/Oh My Goodness
OMW
On My Way
P
Acronym
Meaning
PLS/PLZ/PLX
Please
POV
Point of view
PPL
people
Q
Acronym
Meaning
Q&A
Questions and answers
QS
Quickshot
R
Acronym
Meaning
Re
Response/Reply
rekt/#rekt
wrecked
RL
Real Life
RLY?
Really?
ROFL/ROTFL
Rolling on (the) floor laughing
RTFM
Read the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ manual
Re?
Rematch
RDM
Random Deathmatch
S
Acronym
Meaning
SFW
Safe/suitable for work
SIG
Signature
SO
Significant other
Sry
Sorry
STFU
Shut The ♥♥♥♥ Up
SMH
Shake My Head
T
Acronym
Meaning
TBH
to be honest
THX/TNX/THNX/TX/TY
Thanks/Thank You
TMI
Too Much Information
TTYL/TTUL/T2UL
Talk To (2) You (u) Later
TBA
to be anounced
TDM
Team Deathmatch
U
Acronym
Meaning
U
You...
V
Acronym
Meaning
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W
Acronym
Meaning
w8
wait
WB
Welcome back
wp
well played
WFM/wfm
Works for me
WTF/wtf
What the ♥♥♥♥
WTH/wth
What the hell/What the heck
wut/wat
What?
X
Acronym
Meaning
XOXO
Kisses and hugs!
Y
Acronym
Meaning
Y
Yes
Y?
Why?
YAW/YRW/YW
You are Welcome./You're Welcome
YMMD
You made my day
YOLO
You only live once.
Z
Acronym
Meaning
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End Note
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43 Comments
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eXo.36 2 Mar, 2021 @ 10:25am 
There is no OP---Over Powered
no NT---Nice try
GH----Good Half
mir 14 Mar, 2020 @ 11:59pm 
OP -> Overpowered

Bugzy 7 Jan, 2020 @ 5:00am 
OML Does not stand for "oh my life" it doesn't even sound right
OML Stands for "Oh my lord"
76561198213207513 5 Dec, 2018 @ 10:51pm 
MVP: Most Valuable Player
ChigBungus 14 Oct, 2017 @ 1:22pm 
OML = Oh my life
WDYM? = What do you mean?
TheLukrie💠  [author] 19 Sep, 2017 @ 9:46am 
@Dam - Np :D Glad I could help
Ann Angel 19 Sep, 2017 @ 1:53am 
As English isn't my native language I saw that helpful, thanks
alex 24 Jul, 2017 @ 4:45am 
tbd = to be determined (e.g. the winner of a match is tbd)
Knopfdruckoffizier 21 Jun, 2017 @ 1:40pm 
IIRC = if I remember correctly
ckhrix 10 Jun, 2017 @ 5:45am 
there is no ty = thank you